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Declaring a working storage variable
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7-- WS-VAR1 W 8 A WS-VAR2 W 8 A VALUE 'KARTHIK ' WS-VAR2 W 9 N VALUE ZEROES WS-VAR3 W 7 N 2 WS-VAR4 W 9 P 0 WS-VAR5 W 9 P 2
